This chapter highlights the relationship between principal and agent. It explains that the consent of the principal gives the agent their authority. Principals and agents have certain rights against each other which spring from their agency relationship, most of which may be contractual. The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 created rights and obligations for the parties involved in the commercial agency agreement. The chapter then looks at the rights and duties of the agent under general common law. It explains that the withdrawal of consent by either party effectively terminates their relationship and the agent's actual authority to bind the principal.
